U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia
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Renard Levenberry, a 29-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for his involvement in two separate shootings at Starburst Plaza during the summer of 2024.
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Jose Angel Gomez, 42, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for committing three rapes between July and October 2018.
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Jalique Wiseman and Leon Kirksey, both 20 years old, have pleaded guilty to charges related to a series of robberies on the Metropolitan Branch Trail.
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Damien Jenkins, a 35-year-old resident of the District of Columbia, has been sentenced to 151 months in federal prison for his involvement in a drug trafficking organization known as the "21st and Vietnam" crew.
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Eric Council Jr., a 26-year-old resident of Athens, Alabama, was sentenced to 14 months in prison for his involvement in a scheme to hack the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) X account, manipulating Bitcoin's value.
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Joly Germine, a 32-year-old from Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, was found guilty by a federal jury in Washington D.C. for his involvement in the 2021 hostage-taking of 16 American citizens, including five children.
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Meredith Wilson, a 52-year-old resident of the District, was found guilty by a Superior Court jury on May 14, 2025.
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A superseding indictment unsealed in U.S. District Court has charged 12 additional individuals, both American and foreign nationals, with participating in a cyber-enabled racketeering conspiracy that reportedly netted over $263 million.
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Te’Vaughn Brown, a 20-year-old resident of the District, has been indicted by a grand jury in the Superior Court on charges of felony assault with significant bodily injury against a senior citizen.
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Dremale Vanterpool, 27, and Torrance Brock, 23, both from the District of Columbia, have been indicted on federal charges related to firearms and drug trafficking.
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Rasheed Mullins, 27, and Josiah Warfield, 24, both residents of Washington, D.C., have been sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in a drive-by shooting that occurred in April 2024 near an elementary school in Southeast D.C. The...
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U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin Jr. held a press conference on May 13 at the Patrick Henry Building in Washington, D.C., to discuss his tenure and address issues related to the district's Home Rule ordinance and recent immigration actions.
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia has announced its 15th Annual Anti Violence Youth Summit, titled "Making D.C. Safe and Beautiful."
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Jennifer Brunenkant, the former owner of a marijuana dispensary in Washington D.C., has pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion charges.
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Michael Snow Jr., a 25-year-old from Durham, North Carolina, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to four months of probation and 40 hours of community service.
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An attorney formerly based in the Washington D.C. area has been indicted on charges related to tax evasion and making false statements to federal authorities.
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CyJuan Hemsley, an 18-year-old from District Heights, Maryland, has pleaded guilty in a U.S. District Court to charges related to the December 2023 burglary of a Maryland pawn shop.
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Nathaniel Lamar Nelson Scott, a 36-year-old resident of Bowie, Maryland, has been sentenced to 96 months in federal prison for traveling to the District of Columbia with the intent to engage in sexual acts with a child.
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Edgar Balderas, a 27-year-old from San Diego, California, has been sentenced to 148 months in prison for his involvement in a large-scale fentanyl trafficking conspiracy.
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Ryan Michael English, a 24-year-old resident of South Deerfield, Massachusetts, has been indicted on charges related to an alleged assassination attempt targeting a presidential cabinet nominee.